The new Canon G1X got DxOmarked (Click here). On paper the Canon is on par with current Micro Four Thirds cameras but far behind the newest Sony NEX cameras. But you know we love to see REAL world comparisons and Imaging Resource (Click here) fulfilled that duty and posted an ISO comparison between the Canon and other big mirrorless cameras: “Fine detail on the G1 X looks quite good, though it’s bested by the T3i and NEX-5N, an outcome we’d expect. As ISO rises, contrast and saturation tend to decrease in the G1 X, while it stays stronger in the T3i, E-P3, and NEX-5N. The J1 and G12 appear to be out of the running for this contest“.

While the G1X is definitely an interesting product it’s still not enough to seriously compete against the mirrorless and interchangeable systems. But I think Canon is coming with the real BIG thing at Photokina…

Preorders are available at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

EosHD (Click here) isn’t impressed by the Canon G1 X video quality: “It seems Canon haven’t progressed video on DSLRs at all since they stumbled upon it 3 years ago, which is somewhat depressing.”

Also Cameralabs (Click here) posted a short preview: “Ultimately for all the pros and the cons, Canon has delivered what many people were asking for: G-series design and features with a DSLR-class sensor under the hood.”

Hands-on at Photographybay (Click here). Image samples at Focus Numerique (Click here) and Dpreview (Click here). Image+video smaples at Lenstip (Click here / via Noisyc).

Preorders are available at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

Th most high end of all high end compact camera is getting tested by many websites. The Canon G1 X should become the first camera to compete against the mirrorless world which is currently dominated by Olympus-Panasonic-Sony. The most amazing achievement from Canon is certainly that tiny 4x zoom lens. It proves that Canon mirrorless system could offer soom nice pancake zooms. As Canon managers revealed last week, small size is one of the two main aspects of their future  inetrchangeable mirrorless system (the other aspect is “image quality”). So here are the G1 X related news:
Lenstip (Click here) posted a set of full size Canon G1 X image sample.
Dpreview (Click here) updated their preview including some image samples.
Electronista (Click here) also “played” a it with the camera.

And here is a video from Slashgear:

Preorders are available at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

Image courtesy: Quesabesde

Focus Numerique (Click here) just posted the Canon G1 X ISO test and it looks like a real top performer! The Canon G1 X is Canons (first) counterattack against the current mirrorless systems. It provides a unique solution, top image quality (with big sensors) in a compact body with retractable zoom lens. I am really curious to see if the camera will sell well. Preorders are already up at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). The only way to measure the popularity right now is the Amazon Ranking (Click here). It’s on position 31 in the compact camera category. Probably not a good result for now!

More info about the G1 X:
ePhotozine,
Techradar,
ThePhoBlographer,
Quesabesde first impression (in spanish).
Hands-on by DC.watch (japanese).

It’s official. Canon now launched that huge (almost) APS-C sensor compact camera with fixed lens. So still not a mirrorless system camera but we are getting closer That is a unique kind of camera and definitely a strong competitor against all current mirrorless system cameras. Why? It’s extremely compact for having such a big sensor and 28-112mm f/2.8-5.8 zoom! One more thing, it has a 4:3 ratio is is a tiny bit bigger than the Micro Four Thirds sensor used by Panasonic-Olympus! Probably a 3:2 sensor wouldn’t allow such a small lens design. Anyway, the camera is a tiny bit bigger (and visibel higher) than the Panasonic GX1 with 14-42mm X lens. Don’t know if that is a camera is going to be a hotseller yet. It’s priced at US$800. Maybe they are asking too much?

Preorder links:
Adorama (Click here).
BHphoto (notification only)
Amazon (not up yet).

Image samples:
Canon USA

Videos:
Commercial on youtube (english)
Commercial at Canon Germany

(P-)reviews:
Imaging Resource
Dpreview

Press release links:
ThePhoBlographer
Photographyblog
Digitalcamerareview
Techradar
Focus Numerique (french)
Dpreview
Imaging Resource
Gizmodo Australia

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